Solar Panels versus other forms of getting energy

It is more pressing that we are fast depleating the fossil fuels and have great need to find renewable power sources. Solar and wind power are very promising. There are also bio-fuels that can be used with diesel engines with minor adapting to a pre-heating unit so that your vehicle will run on vegitable oil. I understand if you use recycled oil from a restaurant your exhaust actually smells like french fries. There are also companies out there who will use solar/wind power and things like hot water on demand devices to make your home more environmentally sound.. and one of the packages also includes the production of your own hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells for two vehicles. I think the positives outweigh the negatives and we must move away from reliance on fossil fuels and non renewable power sources. There is also a new wind generator that is tethered and uses helium to achieve the height for optimum performance.. they will go into production next year. The sort of look like a space age blimp, and their shape causes them to turn into the wind at the best angle to generate power. I think the biggest one is supposed to take care of the power needs for 75 homes. (the only disadvantages I see to this particular one is the weight and size of them... if they lost the helium quickly they could cause some damage.. but then NASA keeps sending stuff up into orbit to fall back down on us.)

Solar panels and solar cells are too expensive.They cause over thousands and thousands of dollars and the energy that they absorbed is not enoguh to power up my laptop!let alone the whole house.

The government should step in and issue, rebates, tax breaks something for people to show the have an environmental back bone and care about clean forms of energy.

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I checked into a total solar power system at my house last year and the estimate was $16,500.

You need a lot of surface area that faces the correct direction as well as a lot of batteries to make solar really feasable... I'm not sure what other renewable energy options are out there... anyone else?

Solar heating (of pipes with water in them often) is very low tech and highly effective, and that seems to be one of the best ways to use solar power. Photovoltaics do work, but some reigons are more viable than others and as already mentioned you need storage if you arent using all the power at once

Well, I was watching a real estate investment show and the people wanted to put solar panels on their house before they sold it. The real estate expert told them they wouldn't get a return on their investment. Maybe they aren't widely accepted yet?

it is environmentally viable but not economically possible